Lokendra Pavan Kumar Pappala

Experience

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  Bosch

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2018

  Senior Software Engineer

  Function Responsible for Active Safety Systems- Performed SYS.2, SWE.1, SWE.2 and SWE.3 activities for the Software development of Traction Control System, Electronic Park Brake, Vehicle Dynamics Controller and Powertrain Protection.- Worked with the TCS function team at Bosch Chassis Headquarters in Abstatt, Germany for 6 months.- Supported the Application team for Winter Testing in Vaitoudden, Sweden.- Received a Safety Driving License in Basic Winter Testing.- Published two technical papers in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) journal. Show less

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  Bosch

  Mar 2019 - Jul 2019

  Work Student

  - Developed a verification tool for evaluating the performance of Brake Temperature Estimation Machine Learning Model.- Calculated an error estimate and a correction factor based on the results.- Developed an interactive Graphical User Interface for the tool using MATLAB GUI for easily processing multiple datasets.

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  Hochschule Esslingen - University of Applied Sciences

  Oct 2019 - Feb 2020

  Master Thesis Student

  - Developed a self-driving car model in Python.- Achieved a prediction efficiency of 85% for steering model and 65% for both acceleration and braking models.

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  ZF Group

  Mar 2021 - now

  Technical Lead

  System Engineer, PSM, Competency Lead.- Lead multiple teams of Engineers for System Requirements Engineering and Software Development.- Conceptualize the customer requirements in the context of ZF Brake System Architecture and ensure conformant realization of the same.- Verify and Validate the feature functions using inputs from multiple measurement environments.- Plan and conduct technical trainings to improve the capabilities of team members.- Ideate and Innovate better solutions in the project as well as new feature and product ideas.- Received multiple awards for project excellence and Innovation. Show less